Abstract: A method and system for processing customer requests and generating associated information correlated to ordered products by utilizing at least one computing mechanism is disclosed. The method and system includes receiving multiple customer requests from at least one source, identifying at least one product from each customer request, identifying at least one specific subcomponent associated with each identified product, summing a quantity of identified products ordered from the customer requests, either determining when the summation of the identified products exceeds a predetermined value or when the duration of summation exceeds a predetermined time period, determining an appropriate output device, correlating information associated with each the identified product, and delivering the information to the appropriate output device for each identified product.

Abstract: A device for moisture measurement in harvesting machines, including removing material to be measured from a stream of crop material, supplying the material to be measured to a measuring chamber, an associated moisture sensor, and returning the measured material to the stream of crop material. One improvement is compulsory cleaning and/or emptying of the measuring chamber and/or of at least one moisture sensor. As a result, fouling and blockages are avoided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane foam and associated production process, in particular a polyurethane integral foam and associated production process, whereby a carbamate or a mixture of carbamates is used simultaneously as propellant and as catalyst, and the carbamate or the carbamates have the general Formula I: wherein: R1 and R2 represent the same or different alkyl radicals, R3 and R4 represent the same or different radicals and denote hydrogen or alkyl radicals, R5 denotes hydrogen, an alkanol radical, a polyether monool radical or the radical characterized by X, n represents 2 or 3.

Abstract: A storage device for storing suspenders has an upstanding, flat and substantially rigid base. At least one pair of elongate member cantilevers extend outwardly from and perpendicular to the surface of the base. The back suspender waistband button engaging stems are received by the elongate member cantilevers. One embodiment includes a hook portion mounted at the top of the base for hanging the storage device. Furthermore, the storage device may have an orifice in its base in the position directly below the hook portion for hanging a second storage device. Another embodiment may be mounted to a wall or a closet door.

Abstract: An intake subassembly for an agricultural harvesting machine, in particular a self-propelled forage harvester for corn, grass and the like, including a cutting cylinder, feed rollers, and compression rollers, has a cut-out clutch for bringing the feed rollers and the compression rollers to a sudden stop. The machine may have a monitor system for detecting and processing information relating to the status and motion of the components of the subassembly and generating a signal to interrupt and brake the detected motion, for example, in response to the presence of foreign objects or overloads in the subassembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operating method of an internal combustion engine. According to the method, a fuel-air mixture is rapidly combusted in order to move a piston. The fuel contained in or introduced into an occluded fresh gas is evaporated in the fresh gas, which has already been sucked into a cylinder chamber and then compressed. The fuel is then combusted and the piston is subjected to the pressure produced by the combustion gases (working cycle). After performing its working cycle, the piston ejects the waste gases from the cylinder chamber. The aim of the invention is to improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine. To this end, the fresh gas that is compressed during the compression cycle is pressed into a first combustion chamber. The aforementioned evaporation process is then carried out in the first combustion chamber once it has been sealed off from the cylinder chamber.

Abstract: The transmission includes a planetary gearing mechanism including an input member adapted for connection to an engine, a member connected to a first electric machine operable as a motor or a generator, a member connected to a second electric machine operable as a motor or a generator, and an output member, the first and second electric machines and the members connected thereto being respectively rotatable for controlling a torque acting on the output member. The present control and associated method includes a first controller for controlling the rotation of the first electric machine and a second controller for controlling the rotation of the second electric machine, the first and second controllers being connected in electrical communication by a conductive link and controllable by first and second torque command signals, respectively.

Abstract: A drive system for use in a machine has a drive wheel and a chain. A plurality of bogies each having at least one hook are pivotally connected about the drive wheel at pre-selected spaced circumferential locations. A spring member is positioned between the bogie and the drive wheel to pre-position the bogie for engagement of the pins. The pivotal movement of the bogies in combination with the spring members reduces noise and the effects of chordal action as the bogies engage the pins through rotation of the drive wheel.

Abstract: A manufacturing process for establishing optimal operating limits, which are a percentage of a specified or blue-print tolerance, for the critical characteristics of manufactured products. The process begins a selection step for establishing an operating range based upon a percentage of tolerance for the critical characteristics of the manufactured product. The next step of the process is the manufacturing step including; making a determination as to whether the manufacturing apparatus is capable of operating within the proposed operating range, evaluating the fitness of the materials, manufacturing the products within the proposed operating range, and measuring the critical characteristics of the manufactured products. The process is audited to verify that product critical characteristics are maintained within the operating range. Any products whose critical characteristics are not within the operating range is rejected and is not offered for sale to customers in the relevant market.

Abstract: Apparatus measures the throughput of material being conveyed through a conveyer, wherein the conveyer blades carrying the material (in particular, cereal grains) are continuously moved in a conveyer shaft and a photoelectric device is mounted perpendicularly on the shaft. A light beam of a photoelectric device is aligned substantially parallel to the plane surfaces of the blades. A signal processor determines the distance between the top edge of the material and the passing blade carrying this material from the light-dark periods of the signal. By taking into account the spacing of the blades, the thickness of the blades, and the cross-sectional area of the shaft, the signal processor then determines the apparent volume of material on each blade. Further measuring devices are connected to the signal processor and the inclination and/or shape of the material surface is determined via signals from the measuring means.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically adjusting the blade of a motor grader to an operator programmed blade position. The method includes the steps of: providing an electronic controller and blade controls having position sensors; monitoring the output of the position sensors to ascertain the position of the blade controls; receiving a first input signal for setting a memory blade position; determining the memory blade position based on the output of the position sensors; receiving a second input signal for requesting the memory blade position; determining the present blade position based on the output of the position sensors; and producing a control signal for actuating the blade controls to move the blade from the present blade position to the memory blade position.

Abstract: A sugar cane harvester has a cutting mechanism which utilizes pairs of cutting disks and does not require synchronization of the cutting disks. Each of the cutting disks has a revolving cutter mounted on its circumference. The cutters are formed from saw-toothed, concatenated arcuate segments which are removably mounted on the cutting disks. The arcuate segments of each pair of cooperating cutting disks overlap slightly where the two disks meet and are slightly eccentrically arranged on the cutting disks such that the external boundary line of the circumference of the segments tapers off from a maximum to a minimum.

Abstract: A mobile harvesting machine, in particular a forage harvester, has a measuring device for determining a parameter specific to crop material or conveyed material. Here the harvesting machine comprises an attachment for picking up the crop material and at least one implement for working the crop material. The measuring device in the harvesting machine is arranged on the path of crop material between the implement and the region in which the stream of crop material has been brought to its final stream width. In this region it is ensured that the stream of crop material exerts a low pressure on the measuring device. Another advantage is that due to the site of attachment, the pressure difference is minimal for different throughputs of crop material. This arrangement of the measuring device further allows good checking of the measuring device for wear and soiling and is easily accessible in case of possible repairs.

Abstract: A metal detecting device for a crop conveyor has several closely spaced permanent magnets fixed within a hollow feed-roller in parallel with the shaft thereof. One pole of each magnet is directed radially outwardly such that its magnetic field penetrates through the hollow feed-roller and an adjoining crop-feed slot from inside to out, and wherein said magnetic field also passes axially through a respective sensor winding that is likewise arranged within the hollow feed-roller.

Abstract: The transfer device of an agricultural harvester, in particular a self-propelled forage harvester, is controlled to avoid crop loss and improve operating efficiency. The harvested crop is transferred from the agricultural harvester to a transport receptacle via an upper discharge chute. Apparatus controls the pivoting and vertical movement of the transfer device while the crop stream is spewed in a manner to avoid crop loss and improve the filling capacity during the transfer. The angle between the pivotable transfer device and the longitudinal direction of the agricultural harvester is calculated from the quantity of the correcting value to predetermine the direction of travel of the agricultural harvester. During travel, the apparatus is effective even during a curved path of travel.

Abstract: A position-finding device for locating the position of a working edge, especially the edge of a crop, wherein the position-finding signal therefrom is supplied in the form of a steering adjustment value to an electrically controlled steering device in an agricultural machine, and wherein the device comprises a first sub position-finding device including a transmitter and a receiver whose zone of reflection extends mainly over the field that has not yet been worked, especially the not yet harvested field, and a second sub position-finding device including a further transmitter and a further receiver whose differing reflection zone is aligned such as to overlap both sides of the working edge, wherein the two reflection zones partially overlap and the two transmitters are simultaneously triggered by a pulse whereby the two receivers accordingly receive overlapping partial reception signals originating from the two transmitters and reflected by the unworked field.

Abstract: An articulated self-propelled agricultural machine, in particular, a forage harvester, whose group of rear axles comprise two frame parts having regions thereof arranged one above the other and the frame parts being coupled to one another by a bearing which limits the angle of rotation. One of these two frame parts is coupled to the front axle of the forage harvester by an articulated joint, while one frame part is coupled to the optionally driveable rear axle of the forage harvester via an elastic joint.

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for harvesting stalk crops, with at least one conveying device revolving around deflecting elements for conveying the crop along at least one snapping roller constructed in one or more parts and associated with a snapping gap which is variably adjustable with snapping gap plates arranged in guides, wherein the conveying element of the conveying device provides traction with a tensioner running in a guide portion, preferably a chain, which is at least partly surrounded by guide elements, at least one of the displaceable snapping gap plates, or at least one tensioner and are made of elastic vibration-damping material. As a result the number of parts to be assembled or to be exchanged in case of damage is considerably reduced, and by the use of an elastic vibration-damping material, besides a reduction of wear-increasing vibrations, a reduction in the whole weight of the front attachment is achieved.

Abstract: A closed loop hydraulic system having a variable charge pressure capability without parasitic power losses is disclosed. The present system includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump driven by a power source, a tilt control means for controlling a tilt angle of the variable displacement hydraulic pump, and a hydraulic motor having a pair of inlet/outlet ports connected in a closed circuit to a pair of inlet/outlet ports of the variable displacement hydraulic pump by way of a pair of main conduits. The system has a charging system including a charge pump driven by a power source, the charge pump including an inlet connected to a supply of oil, and an outlet port connected to the closed circuit for supplying pressurized oil to the variable displacement hydraulic pump.

Abstract: An adjustable control assembly includes a plurality of control members. The control members preferably include moveable portions such as levers that are manipulable to accomplish a desired operation of heavy duty machinery such as construction equipment, for example. The control members are supported on support plates that are pivotally moveable relative to each other about a single pivot axis. A locking mechanism is provided to selectively lock the support plates into a chosen position relative to each other. By adjusting the positions of the support plates, a variety of operator needs and preferences are readily accommodated providing effective and efficient access to the control members.